Folding fish landing net



May 30, 1939- C. J. GARRETT 2,160,584

FOLDING Elsa LANDING NET Filed April 25, 1958 lNvENToR;

I, 4\\\ Charla? J: Garrett y y 21 2 E Patented May 30, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOLDING FISH LANDING NET Charles J. Garrett, Newport, Vt.

ApplicationApril 25, 1938, Serial No. 204,002 1 claim. (o1. fis-12) My invention relates to improvements in a folding fish landing net, and it consists in the novel features which are hereinafter more fully described.

One of the objects of my invention is to produce an improved landing fish net which may be folded, thereby facilitating the carrying of the same and reducing the size of the space into which it may be packed.

Another object of my invention is to provide the said landing sh net with a pivotally connected handle bar and a removable means for holding said handle bar securely in position on said net when required.

A further object of my invention is to have said landing iish net and its accessories easy to assemble and to dismantle, also light in weight and strong and rigid when assembled.

A still other object of my invention is to prevent chang or cutting of the net bag when my improved landing fish net contacts with other objects, such as the side of a boat or oar, and to have my landing fish net non-sinkable when dropped overboard by accident.

Another object of my invention is to provide the handle or some other part of my improved landing fish net with a clamp for securing the end of the net bag in position, to keep the same from floppng. v

A further object of my invention is to have my improved landing sh net simple, durable and inexpensive.

Other objects and advantages will hereinafter appear.

I attain these objects by the landing fish net and the accessories thereof which are illustrated in the accompanying drawing or by any mechanical equivalents or obvious modifications of the same.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a top plan view of my improved landing fish net which is shown as folded and with the clamp, which is hereinafter described, in position to receive the end of the fish net; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, 'drawn to a larger scale.

Fig. 4 is a. fragmentary detail view in section on the line 4--4 of Fig. 3, showing the clamp in elevation and placed in a position to allow 'the binding rings or bands which are hereinafter described, to pass thereover on to the handle bar and frame of the fish net.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is drawn to a larger scale than Figs. 1

and 2 and to a smaller scale than Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is drawn to the same scale as Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line B-B of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows, and drawn to a larger scale than Fig. 1.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts l"throughout the several views:

II designates a hoop or frame of my landing sh net; the frame Il has secured thereto the net bag I2' at the upper end of the latter; the

pass the pin I6 in its socket through said shafts I5 and bar I1.

The bar I1 is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 as folded up on the frame II and the end I8 of the bar I'I extends over and beyond the part ofthe frame II'which is remotev from the pin I6; the top of the bar I'I is in this way inclined to the plane of the frame II, and allows an elliptical ring or band I9 which encompasses the shafts I5 and the part of said bar I'l which is placed therebetween to be wedged thereover.

By moving the ring or band I9 from right to left in Fig. 2 it will gradually be tightened on t0 said shafts I5 and bar I1.

The ring or band I9 serves to hold the shafts I 5 with the bar I'l securely together.

An additional ring or'band 20 is shown as encompassing the said shafts I5 and bar I'I at or near the pin I6; this ring 20 is to be moved into position over the heads of said pin I6 until it becomes securely wedged endwise thereover, thereby providing an additional means for securely holding together said bar I'i and said shafts I5.

The ring or band 20 may be similar to or identical with the ring or band I9.

When the fish net is to be unfolded or prepared for use the bands I9 and 20 are removed therefrom by pulling them in a direction from left to right in Fig. 2, and the bar Il is then revolved around the pin I6 as an axis through an angle of nearly 180 degrees into the required position; the rings or bands I9 and 20 are then slipped over the bar Il, moved from right to left and placed over the said shafts I5 and the shorter end 2| of the bar I'Il and wedged thereover endwise; the band 20 may then be wedged over the heads of the horizontal pin I6.

When the sh n et I I-I2 is being folded up, the 5 Snet bag I2 thereof may be wound around the said fshafts I5 and the end I2a thereof jammed be- .,tween the said bar I1 and a resilient clamp 22 which may be made of bamboo or any other suitable material and is shown as placed in a groove 10 22a in the bar I'I and connected to the end 2| of the bar I1 by means of a rivet 23.

When the fish net is unfolded for use the clamp 22 may remain in place in the groove 22a, and the rings I9 and 20 may be moved from right to 15 left and passed thereover and wedged over the shafts I5 and the end 2| of the bar I1.

It will be understood that the heads of the pin I6 and rivet 23 may be relatively smaller than as I do not, therefore, restrict myself to the details as shown in the drawing.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A folding fish landing net outfit comprising a frame, a net bag secured thereto, a handle bar pivotally connected at the inner end thereof to said frame, to be turned in a plane transversely to the plane of said frame, a pivot pin for said connection, the outer end of said bar extending in said transverse plane over and beyond the part of said frame which is remote from said pin when the net outfit is folded, said bar thereby being inclined to the plane of said frame when the said net outfit is folded, and substantially inelastic bands for securing the inner end of said bar to parts of said frame which are adjacent thereto, said bands being wedged on to said bar in its inclined position and to the said adjacent parts of said frame when the outfit is folded.

CHARLES J. GARRETT. 

